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Aquaculture: the last frontier for sustainable food security?
Type: Conference Paper
Fish has become a political commodity, thanks to its increasing scarcity and its high value. Aquaculture offers opportunities as the last frontier for sustaining the contribution of fish to food security. Asia is at the ...
Value-chain analysis - An assessment approach to estimate Lake Nasser fisheries performance
Type: Conference Paper
Although, the fishery in Lake Nasser has existed for more than 40 years, the economic and financial performance of its fisheries-based businesses not well understood. The current study aimed to improve understanding of ...
Community based management of small scale fisheries in Asia: Bridging the gap between fish supply and demand
Type: Conference Paper
Community-based management and co-management are feasible alternative approaches to bridging the gap between supply and demand. They have brought together various stakeholders to achieve improved resource and socioeconomic ...
Understanding adoption and discontinuance for greater impact
Type: Conference Paper
Floodplains are characterized by a period of several months when the land is not available for agriculture and large, open areas are used for fisheries. The enclosed part of these flooded areas can be utilized for fish ...
Scaling out enhanced floodplain productivity by poor communities: aquaculture and fisheries in Bangladesh and eastern India
Type: Conference Paper
Rearing fish in seasonal floodplains raises productivity but can adversely affect the poor and the biodiversity of important natural fisheries. Equitable community institutions enable poor rural households to cooperate ...
Policies on release of improved fish strains in China
Type: Conference Paper
Since 1991, the certification, release and maintenance of new species for aquaculture have become part of the national policy in China. During the past 15 years, this policy has been conducted and improved and has begun ...
Adoption and farm-level impact of genetically improved farmed tilapia (GIFT) in the Philippines
Type: Conference Paper
Over the last four decades, the aquaculture sector especially in developing countries has experienced dramatic growth. The increase in aquaculture production is a combination of area expansion and technological change ...
Exploring the Potential and Constraints of Smallholder Aquaculture in Marginalized Saline Areas in Pakistan
Type: Conference Paper
Aquaculture is still a relatively young activity in Pakistan, but there is immense potential for the sector to develop. Aquaculture has been identified as an alternative livelihood source for many rural farming households ...
Report of the First Meeting of the ICLARM Program Advisory Committee, Metro Manila, Philippines, 7-11 March 1977
Type: Conference Paper
The First Meeting of the ICLARM Program Advisory Committee was convened in Metro Manila, Philippines from 7 to 11 March 1977. The Committee reviewed and discussed the rationale and purpose of ICLARM, as well as its pro ...
Fisheries co-management: the Zambian experience
Type: Conference Paper
Since the late 1980’s various forms of fisheries co-management initiatives have been implemented in some of the major fisheries in Zambia. The reasons for instituting co-management arrangements have been varied and have ...